Education & Tech: News for Educators

• How to pick the best education apps for your classroom

  It’s a time-consuming and difficult process. Many teachers don’t even venture past step #1 because of all the headaches that come with trying to figure out how to integrate education technology, manage expectations, figure out what works with your particular students, talk to administrators, parents, trial and error, etc.

• 16 educators new teachers should follow on Twitter.

  First 5 educators new teachers should follow on Twitter - 1) Tom Whitby. @TomWhitby; 2) Dan Brown. @DanBrownTeacher; 3) Karina Barley. @karinadawn; 4) Vicki Davis. @coolcatteacher; 5) Gisele Santos. @feedtheteacher

• 6 Responses to Students' Questions About IBL

  A good teacher is not defined by what he or she knows, but what he or she can get students to learn.

• Standardized tests must measure up.

  Give me a break @arneduncan. It's YOUR policies on teacher eval that's led to an explosion of bad tests. http://t.co/zdQxY0lN7m @rickhess99

  tags: #educationandtech

The rest of my favorite links are here.